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Dan

1

[ dan ]

noun

    1. (in the Bible) a son of Jacob and Bilhah.
    2. one of the 12 tribes of ancient Israel, traditionally descended from him.
  1. the northernmost city of ancient Palestine.
  2. a male given name, form of Daniel.


Dan

2

[ dan ]

noun

Archaic.
  1. a title of honor equivalent to master or sir:

    Dan Chaucer.

dan

3

[ dahn, dan ]

noun

Martial Arts.
  1. a degree of expertise in karate, judo, tae kwon do, etc., usually signified by the wearing of a cloth belt of a particular color; level:

    a sixth-degree dan.

Dan.

4

abbreviation for

  1. Danish ( def 2 ). Also Dan

Dan.

1

abbreviation for

  1. Bible Daniel
  2. Danish
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Dan

2

/ æ /

noun

  1. an archaic title of honour, equivalent to Master or Sir

    Dan Chaucer

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

dan

3

/ æ /

noun

  1. a small buoy used as a marker at sea Also calleddan buoy
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

dan

4

/ æ /

noun

  1. any one of the 10 black-belt grades of proficiency
  2. a competitor entitled to dan grading
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Dan

5

/ æ /

noun

    1. the fourth son of Jacob (Genesis 30:1–6)
    2. the tribe descended from him
  1. a city in the northern territory of Canaan
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of Dan1

1275–1325; Middle English < Old French danz < Medieval Latin domnus, contraction of Latin dominus “lord, master”

Origin of Dan2

First recorded in 1940–45; from Japanese, from Middle Chinese, equivalent to Chinese à “step, grade”
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yvlog History and Origins

Origin of Dan1

C17: of unknown origin

Origin of Dan2

Japanese
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Idioms and Phrases

  1. from Dan to Beersheba, from one outermost extreme or limit to the other.
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Example Sentences

Ursula’s father, Dan Nguyen, Bà Nôi’s youngest son, maintained a legacy of abandonment, leaving behind family after family.

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Born to a white mother, Ursula and her brother Alvin were raised as cousins to their half-siblings Jen and Duncan, the product of Dan’s marriage to a Vietnamese woman; that union did not last either.

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Grey Dawning, the mount of Harry Skelton for trainer Dan, is likely to go off favourite for the Bowl, with Spillane's Tower and Gaelic Warrior among rivals.

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“Investors don’t know what’s going to happen around the corner,” said Dan Ives, a Wedbush Securities analyst who covers the technology sector.

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State Farm General Chief Executive Dan Krause said that the parent was ready to provide at least $250 million, which he said would “position State Farm General well for the short term and creates the opportunity to seek additional capital as the full rate review is completed,” according to a meeting transcript.

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Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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